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BAL Library Links

BAL Research Links
databases, websites, online 24/7

http://library.nycenet.edu/common/welcome.jsp?site=4645
BAL Library Catalog
look for materials in our school's library

http://library.nycenet.edu/cataloging/servlet/presentadvancedsearchredirectorform.do?l2m=Library%20Search&tm=Catalog

6th Grade ELA Research Links

IndyKids: A Free Paper for Free Kids
News articles for kids on important national and global issues.

http://indykids.net/main/archives/
Internet Public Library
"Information You Can Trust" - Reliable sources of information screened and recommended by teachers.

http://www.ipl.org/index.html
New York Times
News articles suitable for advanced readers.

http://www.nytimes.com/
Popular Science Magazine Online (PopSci)
An excellent resource for topics relating to science, gadgets, cars, technology, and more!

http://www.popsci.com/archives
Scholastic News Online
Search news articles on a variety of topics by using the "search scholastic news" search box on the left side of the page.

http://www2.scholastic.com/browse/scholasticNews.jsp?FromBrowseMod=true&Ns=Pub_Date_Sort|1&CurrPage=scholasticNews.jsp&TopicValue=Scholastic%20News
Time for Kids
News/magazine articles on current events.

http://www.timeforkids.com/TFK/kids
Fact Monster Sports
All the facts you'd want to know about a variety of sports, all in one convenient location!

http://www.factmonster.com/sports.html
Kids World
Click on categories like animals, sports, art, and health to get information on specific topics.

http://northvalley.net/kids/

8th grade Exhibition: History/ELA

9th grade Exhibition: Christianity, Inquisition, and Conquest of

Conversion Passages
Sacred Text

http://home.snu.edu/~hculbert/biblical.htm
Columbus Letter
Primary Sources

http://www.historicaldocuments.com/ColumbusDiscoveryLetter1493.htm
Columbus' Journals
Primary sources

http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/source/columbus1.html
Queen Isabella's expansion of Spain
Secondary source

http://www.ucalgary.ca/applied_history/tutor/eurvoya/Imperial.html
Pope and Spanish Monarchs
Primary source

http://www.let.rug.nl/usa/D/1400-1500/columbus/papal.htm
Life in Christian Spain
Primary source

http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/sbook1p.html#The%20Life%20of%20Christian%20Spain
Jewish Spain
Primary source

http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/sbook1p.html#Seferad:%20Jewish%20Spain
The Jewish Expulsion from Spain
Primary Source

http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/jewish/1492-jews-spain1.html
Inquisition Eye Witness Account
Primary Source

http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/inquisition.htm
Bartolome de las Casas
Primary Source

http://www.columbia.edu/acis/ets/CCREAD/lascasas.htm

9th grade Exhibition: Hinduism and the Caste System

India: A primary source cultural guide
Primary Sources

http://books.google.com/books?id=S7gu7lZ76j0C&pg=PT38&lpg=PT38&dq=India%27s+Muslim+league+primary+sources&source=bl&ots=krI-ePBc9Z&sig=NWN8oBugrNO0SgUjgAkoZF39pUY&hl=en&ei=28zrSdebPJuuMq_Vwe8F&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=3#PPT37,M1
"India: An international spotlight on the caste system."
NY Times Article

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/05/12/opinion/12iht-eddattaray.html?scp=14&sq=hindu%20caste%20system&st=cse
"An 'Untouchable' Says Caste Is Truly a Human Rights Issue"
NY Times Article

http://www.nytimes.com/2000/11/16/world/an-untouchable-says-caste-is-truly-a-human-rights-issue.html?scp=7&sq=untouchables%20india&st=cse
"In Caste System, Women Can Marry Up."
NY Times Articles

http://www.nytimes.com/1998/10/27/science/in-caste-system-women-can-marry-up.html?scp=8&sq=hindu%20caste%20system&st=cse
New York Times Slide Show of Dalits (Untouchables) of India
NY Times slide show

http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2008/08/30/world/20080829CASTE_9.html
Ambedkar Speech about the Dalits
Primary Source

http://www.ambedkar.org/ambcd/41A.What%20Congress%20and%20Gandhi%20Preface.htm
"Untouchables still being humiliated"

http://find.galegroup.com/gic/infomark.do?&contentSet=IAC-Documents&type=retrieve&tabID=T004&prodId=GIC&docId=A205618610&source=gale&userGroupName=nysl_me_bronxal&version=1.0
"Lower Castes still stuck on India's Bottom Rung"

http://find.galegroup.com/gic/infomark.do?&contentSet=IAC-Documents&type=retrieve&tabID=T004&prodId=GIC&docId=CJ57554263&source=gale&userGroupName=nysl_me_bronxal&version=1.0
"India court suspends quota system along caste lines"

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/29/world/asia/29iht-caste.1.5070885.html?scp=27&sq=hindu%20caste%20system&st=cse
Ambedkar: "The Annihilation of Caste"
Primary Source

http://ccnmtl.columbia.edu/projects/mmt/ambedkar/web/index.html
Gandhi on Caste
Primary Source

http://www.mkgandhi.org/momgandhi/chap20.htm
Gandhi and Ambedkar Letters to each other
primary source

http://www.mkgandhi.org/Selected%20Letters/amb-gandhi%20corr..htm
Outline of Ambedkar and Gandhi's caste arguments
secondary

http://www.ambedkar.org/research/GandhiAmbedkar.htm

9th grade Exhibition: Religion as a motivating factor in the Cru

The First Crusade: The accounts of eye-witnesses and participants
Primary sources

http://books.google.com/books?id=1DYNAAAAIAAJ
The Muslim Claim to Jerusalem
Secondary Source

http://www.meforum.org/490/the-muslim-claim-to-jerusalem
Crusades letters/documents
Primary and Secondary sources

http://www.crusades-encyclopedia.com/byzantineempire.html
Crusades letters/books/links
Primary and Secondary sources

http://www.deremilitari.org/resources/categories/firstcrusade.htm
First Crusade Info
Primary sources

http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/sbook1k.html#The%20First%20Crusade
Muslim Capture of Jerusalem
Secondary Source

http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/source/1187saladin.html
Eyewitness Accounts
Primary Source

http://books.google.com/books?id=1DYNAAAAIAAJ&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false
More eyewitness acounts
Primary Source

http://www.deremilitari.org/resources/categories/firstcrusade.htm
Muslim and Christian Perspective
Primary Source

http://www.crusades-encyclopedia.com/primarysourcesmuslim.html
Saladin
Look at page 188 - 192

http://books.google.com/books?id=UalnoF5MBHMC&pg=PA185&lpg=PA185&dq=saladin+jihad&source=bl&ots=U3S9a9pK8n&sig=_aYxmRln9BpijsJGBM4Zc-6ORN8&hl=en&ei=zLCxTb2eI6bk0QHy-JmECQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=7&ved=0CEYQ6AEwBg#v=onepage&q=saladin%20ji

9th grade Exhibition: Spread of Buddhism

Buddhism on the Silk Road
Secondary Source

http://idp.bl.uk/education/buddhism/index.html
Silk Road General Info
Secondary Sources + Images

http://www.mlahanas.de/Greeks/LX/GrecoBuddhism.html
Expansion of Buddhism
provides explanations of how the religion reached other countries + how/why it changed

http://www.asiasocietymuseum.org/buddhist_trade/intro.html
More and Buddhism and the Ming Dynasty
secondary source

http://histories.cambridge.org/extract?id=chol9780521243339_CHOL9780521243339A016
Buddhism in China
primary sources

http://afe.easia.columbia.edu/main_pop/ps/ps_china.htm
Explanation of change in Buddhist art

http://www.silk-road.com/artl/buddhism.shtml
Journey of Faxian to India
Primary Source

http://depts.washington.edu/silkroad/texts/faxian.html
Buddhist Statues

http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/budd/hd_budd.htm
Japanese Constitution w/Buddhist Beliefs

http://afe.easia.columbia.edu/japan/japanworkbook/traditional/shotoku.htm
The Edicts of King Asoka
Primary Source

http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/india/ashoka-edicts.html
How China changed Buddhist art
art = primary source

http://depts.washington.edu/chinaciv/bud/5imgbodd.htm
How Buddhism changed in China
Read "The Period of Disunion" section

http://ic.galegroup.com/ic/whic/ReferenceDetailsPage/ReferenceDetailsWindow?displayGroupName=Reference&prodId=WHIC&action=e&windowstate=normal&catId=&documentId=GALE|CX3424500553&mode=view
How Buddhism changed in Japan

http://ic.galegroup.com/ic/whic/ReferenceDetailsPage/ReferenceDetailsWindow?displayGroupName=Reference&prodId=WHIC&action=e&windowstate=normal&catId=&documentId=GALE|CX3424500442&mode=view
Overview of Buddhism
Secondary Source

http://www.patheos.com/Library/Buddhism.html

High School: Regents Prep

Regents Prep

http://www.nysedregents.org/testing/hsregents.html